When Ron Perlman, who had worked on La guerra del fuoco (1981), learned about this film, he contacted Jean-Jacques Annaud because he desperately wanted to play Salvatore. By then, Annaud had cast a dwarf actor with a giant head and a raspy voice. When that actor died prior to production, the Italian government, which co-financed the movie, insisted he be replaced by an Italian actor. That actor was fired for being uncooperative. Perlman was offered the role then, but he had to catch a plane that day to arrive on-set in time.

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